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At 1:50 PM EET on 24 November 2017, the al-Rawda mosque was attacked by roughly 40 gunmen during Friday prayers.The mosque is located in the village of Al-Rawda [6] east of the town of Bir al-Abed in Egypt's North Sinai Governorate.
As an effort to limit car-bombs attacks, Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued a decree banning 4X4 vehicles in army-operations zones in Sinai. [221] Following the mosque attack in November 2017, President el-Sisi vowed to respond with "the utmost force" and Egyptian authorities in the days immediately after the attack the Air Force ...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Gunmen who attacked a mosque on Friday in Egypt's North Sinai brandished an Islamic State flag as they opened fire through doorways and windows, killing more than 300 worshippers ...
The day after the attack, the government declared North and Central Sinai under a three-month state of emergency, including a daily curfew from 5 PM to 7 AM. [15] On 29 October, Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb issued a decree ordering the "isolation" and "evacuation" of 79 square kilometers along the Egypt-Gaza border as a buffer zone ...
2017 Sinai mosque attack: A mosque located near the town of Bir al-Abed was attacked by more than 10 militants. The attackers used three car bombs and four off-road vehicles to block escape routes, and opened fire at worshippers during a crowded Friday prayer at al-Rawada.
Joe Metcalfe has been jailed for 10 years with an additional licence period of six years after being found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism.
October 2016 Sinai attacks; 2017 Sinai mosque attack This page was last edited on 30 October 2023, at 22:15 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
On 24 November 2017, approximately 40 gunmen attacked the al-Rawda mosque near El-Arish Sinai during Friday prayers, killing 311 people and injured at least 122. While no group claimed responsibility for the attack, [107] the Islamic State's Wilayat Sinai branch was strongly suspected. [108]